Susan Collins

If an individual with diabetes has these terrible consequences of diabetes that is not well controlled and, for example, needs to have a leg amputated, Medicare is going to pay for that.

It is, however, time for our country to have a serious debate about how to secure the future of Medicare.

These indiscriminate cuts represent an utter failure to set priorities, and we simply cannot allow sequestration to go into effect.

But it is one we do have to address, and we can't just do sequestration.

The fact is, however, I believe we do have a spending problem, and the $16.5 trillion debt is ample evidence of that.

Sequester Would Hit Hard Already Fiscally Strapped Local Education Agencies

This legislation, I hope, will end the needless discrimination so many Americans face in our immigration system.

The fundamental civil rights of American citizens are more than just a social issue.

If we are going to act on this issue, we have to do so without delay.

We cannot allow vast areas to be exploited by al-Qa'ida and these extremist forces, because it will be to our peril.

One was released within four months of the Obama administration taking office.

Our unqualified preference is to only undertake lethal force when we believe that capturing the individual is not feasible.

Both are absolutely essential to the ability of Congress to carry out its oversight responsibilities.

I appreciate the time and attention of my colleague from Montana, Senator Tester, regarding the intent of this language, as well as the care that he took in crafting this legislation.

Did my colleague also consider the unique foundation for the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act and the Maine Implementing Act, as well as the subsequent acts for the Houlton Band and the Aroostook Band?

Did the Senator take Section 1735 into account in his drafting of this legislation?

It was not Congress' intent that Federal regulators supplant prudential State-based insurance regulations without bank-centric capital standards.

I continue to be troubled by the fact that the U.N. ambassador decided to play what was essentially a political role at the height of a contentious presidential election campaign by agreeing to go on the Sunday shows to present the…

It was not Congress's intent that Federal regulators supplant prudential State-based insurance regulation with a bank-centric capital regime . . . [C]onsideration should be given to the distinction between banks and insurance companies…

When I talk to employers in my State about what Washington could do to get people back to work, they inevitably point to the flood of excessive regulation as a major barrier. Many of us have offered proposals to reform the regulatory…

I am just stunned and appalled that there was not better security for all of the American personnel at that consulate given the high-threat environment.

The threat in Libya from armed militant groups, from al-Qaeda-affiliated individuals was high

The security situation in Benghazi was deteriorating given that there were at least four attacks

I thank you, Chairman Lieberman and Ranking Member Collins, for your leadership in this area.

I have come to the opposite conclusion and agree with the President of Libya that this was a premeditated, planned attack.